Screenshot in Huawei Ascend Y

How to take a screenshot or screen capture on a Ascend Y

An essential feature of modern mobile phones and tablets is the ability to take screenshots, or capture an image of what is currently displayed on the screen of your Huawei Ascend Y.

While there are apps that can perform this function, you don't need to install any additional apps as it is already included in the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system.

When you take a screenshot, you can save a WhatsApp conversation, Tinder message, Instagram story, Facebook photo, or video frame in the memory of your Huawei device.

On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Huawei Ascend Y, for example to record a video call, a story or a web page or piece of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen from Huawei Ascend Y

Table of Contents:

First method:

If you want to make a screenshot to your Huawei Ascend Y you have to follow these simple steps:

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

1- First step:

First, go to the screen that you want to capture a screenshot of on your Huawei Ascend Y, whether it's a web page, chat, or application.

2- Second step:

Press the power key simultaneously and the volume key down. If you want to capture a video the procedure is the same but pressing the power key and the volume key up. In EMUI (customization of Huawei to the Android operating system) drag three fingers from the top of the screen down to perform the screenshot.

3- Third step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your mobile/cell phone Huawei Ascend Y.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen, it should have a photo icon, an instant photo or depending on the version of the software installed, your image gallery application may be Google Photos, in which case look for the icon of a four-pointed star made of paper with four colors, one for each point.

4- Fourth step:

Open the image gallery, the images and photos will appear sorted by date, click on the capture that you just made on your Ascend Y, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.

Video instructions

Screenshot without using the buttons on Ascend Y

If you cannot use the physical buttons of the Huawei Ascend Y because they are broken or you do not want to use them because it is a problem for you to press both buttons at the same time to take the screenshot, there is an alternative so you can continue taking screenshots without the power and volume buttons that we tell you about below:

1- First step:

Go to the screen or application you want to capture the screen on your Huawei.

2- Second step:

Display the quick access or settings bar of your Huawei Ascend Y. To do this, slide your finger down from the top of the screen, the shortcuts to device settings will be displayed.

3- Third step:

Press the screenshot icon, if you don't see the icon, swipe down again to display the full panel.
If you can't see this icon, you may need to add it to the shortcuts panel.

4- Fourth step:

The captured image is automatically saved in the gallery of your phone or tablet Huawei.

You can find the image gallery on the home screen, it should have a photo icon, an instant photo or depending on the version of the software installed, your image gallery application may be Google Photos, in which case look for the icon of a four-pointed star made of paper with four colors, one for each point.

How to capture a full page in Huawei Ascend Y?

If you want to capture a complete web page in your Huawei Ascend Y first of all you should know that this method is not available natively on Android for the moment however Huawei has incorporated it into its EMUI customization layer.

To make a scroll screenshot of a web page, a WhatsApp conversation, or any other application on your Huawei Ascend Y, follow these steps:

1- Take a screenshot using the method indicated above. When taking the screenshot, the capture and screen capture menu will appear for a few seconds before disappearing.

2- Click on “Scrollshot” and wait while the screen scrolls, capturing all the content.

3- When you want to stop the screenshot, click on the screen. If the web page or application has a very long or infinite scroll, it can generate a very large image and block the system.

Once the capture is made, it will be saved in the Ascend Y image gallery and you can edit and share it on social networks.

About the device:

Huawei Ascend Y is a mobile/cell phone with dimensions of 116.8 x 61 x 11.7 mm (4.60 x 2.40 x 0.46 in), a weight of 125 grams, a screen size of 3.5 inches (~51.2% screen-to-body ratio) and a screen resolution of 320 x 480 pixels (~165 ppi pixel density).

It has a processor 800 MHz Cortex-A5, a graphics card Adreno 200, a RAM memory 256 MB RAM and an internal memory of 120 MB.

The Huawei Ascend Y comes from the factory with the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system.

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